Rachel welcomes NHS Test and Trace service launch
The launch of the NHS Test and Trace service will be supported by Redditch’s strong community...
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Category: Coronavirus
Rachel praises carers as Worcestershire to receive an extra £7.4 million to support care homes
Rachel has welcomed the announcement that Worcestershire County Council will receive £7,452,377 to support care homes in Redditch and across the county.
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Rachel welcomes job retention scheme extension
On Tuesday (May 12th), Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the furlough scheme would be extended by a further four months with workers continuing to receive 80% of their current salary.
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Small businesses boosted by bounce back loans
The new Bounce Back Loans scheme, which will provide loans of up to £50,000, will help bolster the existing package of support available to the smallest businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rachel welcomes extra £12.4 million for local council services in Worcestershire
This extra £1.6 billion takes the total additional funding to councils through this crisis to over £3.2 billion – an unprecedented level of extra financial support in recent times.
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Rachel welcomes further expansion of access to coronavirus testing
This will mean people who cannot work from home and those aged 65 and over can know for sure whether they have coronavirus and need to continue isolating. Members of their households with symptoms – a new continuous cough or high temperature – will also be eligible for testing.
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Rachel to join minute silence for health & care workers
At 11am this morning, I’ll be joining in the one minute silence to remember, to recognise and to honour the NHS and other key workers who have made the ultimate sacrifice and have lost their lives in the fight against coronavirus.
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608 small businesses in Redditch receive Government coronavirus support
608 business properties in Redditch have already received grants as part of the Government’s Small Business Grants Scheme. In total, £7,145,000 has made its way to small businesses in the area.
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Rachel reminds residents to use County Council’s Here2Help service
This week, Rachel spoke to the Leader of the Worcestershire County Council, Cllr Simon Geraghty, and Chief Executive Paul Robinson to discuss the council’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Rachel praises NHS bosses for ‘herculean’ coronavirus planning efforts
A number of issues were discussed including the ramping up of staff testing, acute & intensive care bed capacity and PPE for hospital staff.
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Rachel hails ‘game-changing’ NHS debt write-off
NHS trusts, including the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, have had their historic debt written off as part of a wider package of NHS reforms.
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Chancellor strengthens support on offer for business as first government-backed loans reach firms in need
Rishi Sunak is taking further action to support firms affected by coronavirus by bolstering business interruption loans and announcing a new scheme for larger companies.
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